statistics

Total # of Recommendations

6

Total # of Open Recommendations

0

Total # of Closed Recommendations

6

Total % of Open
0
vs. Closed
100

investigation information

Accident Description
A forklift towing a trailer collided with a line containing highly flammable liquid propylene, causing a release and a vapor cloud explosion. Sixteen workers were injured, the process unit was heavily damaged, and a nearby school was evacuated

Investigation Status
The CSB issued a case study report about this incident at a news conference in Houston on July 20, 2006.

Communicate the findings and recommendations of this report to all companies that contracted with either M. W. Kellogg or Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) for plant designs similar to the Formosa Olefins II unit.

Communicate the findings and recommendations of this report to your petrochemical process plant design engineers. Emphasize the importance of using current consensus safety standards when designing and constructing petrochemical process plants, including the earlier designs reused for new facilities.